What's Happening In Singapore: November 2017
A guide to this month's events, concerts, plays, exhibitions and festivals
Open Farm Community's Paris Popup "Kampong French"
Open Farm Community's Paris Popup "Kampong French"
From the country's biggest film festival to a series of worldclass stage extravaganzas, November is going all out with the festivities to put you in high spirits. So before you head off for the holidays, get a head start on having fun with this month's must-see and must-do happenings around town.
THE SOUND OF MUSIC
7-26 November
How apt would it be to sing "My Favourite Things" in Marina Bay Sands? Catch the legendary broadway musical, The Sound of Music, which will have you singing along to the classic story of family love, acceptance and patriotism that remains resilient through it all. At the MasterCard Theatres
"KAMPONG FRENCH" REVOLUTION BY PARIS POPUP
13 November-3 December
This three-week restaurant take over at Open Farm Community welcomes award-winning culinary collective, Paris Popup's "Kampong French". Expect an all-day dining menu of 12 contemporary French small and sharing plates made with ingredients sourced from farms in and around Singapore, paired with a curation of natural wines—part of OFC's movement to offering an entirely natural wine list in the near future. For reservations, please email enquiries@ofcsingapore.com.sg or call
CENTURY OF LIGHT
16 November onwards
Feast your eyes on some of the world's rare and rarefied artworks from the 19th century, some never shown in the region before, at Century of Light: Masterpieces from Monet, Renoir, Raden Saleh, Juan Luna and more. At National Gallery
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR
17-19 November
Since coming to town in 2010, the Affordable Art Fair Singapore has burgeoned into a well-known hunting ground and springboard for art buyers and bright, budding artists respectively. AAF allows anyone to hone their artful eye and become a collector, what with 75 per cent of works priced under SGD7,500, and new additions to the fair include a #Spotlight showcase of artists who have never shown at the fair before, a new Creative Hub, and a virtual reality experience to raise funds for charity. The three-day extravaganza starting 17 November will be held at the F1 Pit Building with over 70 galleries and works by 500 established and emerging artists on display. And be sure to visit the Harper's BAZAAR booth on level two—we have works by our young BAZAAR Art Prize winners on show. P.S. If you're coming with kids, head on up to the Children's Studio for some fun, art-filled activities (and BAZAAR Junior magazines) as well. Tickets at affordableartfair.com/Singapore
SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
23 Nov-3 Dec
All eyes of the region’s film industry are on our little red dot as the 28th Singapore Film Festival showcases 112 motion pictures this month. On now, the film extravaganza casts a spotlight on Asian productions, zooming in on the evolution of cinematography, filmmakers and unconventional ways of storytelling—Dragonfly Eyes by Chinese director Xu Bing is a melodramatic story edited down from 10,000 hours of actual surveillance videos. In conjunction with SGIFF till 17 December, the ArtScience Museum is presenting Specters and Tourists, a moving image exhibition by Japanese movie maker and artist, Daisuke Miyazaki. The first of the two-part film installation, Specters weaves pieces from Miyazaki’s previous creations into a spectacle of isolation, anxiety and monotony of urban life, while the latter, Tourists, reveals a temporary freedom shot in Singapore, where travellers lose all internet connectivity only to find themselves interesting new encounters in uncovered places. sgiff.com
SHILLA BEAUTY CONCERT
24 November
To mark the opening of the new Shilla Duty Free store at Changi Airport terminal 4, the two companies are throwing a one-night only Shilla Beauty Concert, featuring Korean pop sensations SHINee and Red Velvet. At Suntec Convention Centre
MAMA WHITE SNAKE
24 November-16 December
Mama White Snake follows a sheltered boy's journey of leaving home to join a martial arts school, only to discover his protective mother and aunt are the magical White and Green Snake of legend, and finds himself in the middle of ancient rivalries that only true love can conquer. At Drama Centre Theatre
DISCIPLINE THE CITY PUNK EXHIBITION
Till 26 November
In a world full of high walls, shiny public spaces and exclusive societies, where do the “excluded” go? Who has the right to the city? These are just some of the questions The Substation’s latest exhibition, Discipline The City, aims to address. Call it youth rebellion or an urban revolt, the punk movement has gone on for decades and for the first time locally, is given a platform and free rein to voice out their diverse and differentiating views. Punk leaders and artists have come together to create a web of misaligned spaces, from a defunct museum representing failed channels of expression, and a disorienting all-white room; to trapdoors that lead into a pitch black basement that can be viewed as both a hideaway or dungeon.]
SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL
3-12 November
The Singapore Writers Festival rings in its 20th edition with the theme “Aram”, which means “goodness” in Tamil. The festival will feature programmes led by renowned names in both the
local and international literature community; including author dialogues, literary tours and book launches. At The Arts House
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